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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hininger Damon T
(Last) (First) (Middle)
10 BURTON HILLS BOULEVARD
(Street)
NASHVILLE TN 37215
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/01/2007 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA [ CXW ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Senior VP, Customer Relations
 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
CXW Common Stock 11,480(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 03/25/2002(2) 03/25/2008 CXW Common Stock 1,976 53.11 D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 12/30/2005(3) 02/17/2014 CXW Common Stock 12,300 9.99 D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 12/30/2005(4) 02/16/2015 CXW Common Stock 11,250 13.06 D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 02/15/2007(5) 02/15/2016 CXW Common Stock 14,478 14.27 D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 02/16/2008(6) 02/16/2017 CXW Common Stock 11,408 26.53 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Consists of restricted shares subject to performance based vesting.
2. Fully vested as of stated date.
3. Options vested on stated date but are subject to certain re-sale restrictions pursuant to a Resale Restriction Agreement between the reporting person and the company, pursuant to which the remaining options will vest on the earlier of 02/17/2008 or termination of the reporting person's employment.
4. Options vested on stated date but are subject to certain re-sale restrictions pursuant to a Resale Restriction Agreement between the reporting person and the company, pursuant to which the remaining options will vest (i) in equal increments on 02/16/2008 and 02/16/2009 or (ii) termination of the reporting person's employment, whichever is earlier.
5. 4826 options currently exercisable; the remaining 14478 remain subject to vesting in equal increments over the next three years on the anniversary date of the grant (2/15/2006).
6. Options vest over a four-year period on the anniversary date of the grant (02/16/2007) in equal increments.
Remarks:
Exhibit Index Exhibit 24 -- Power of Attorney
Scott L. Craddock, Attorney In Fact 09/10/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY
	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of David M. Garfinkle, Scott L. Craddock, Karin S. Demler, and
Andrea N. Orr, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Corrections Corporation of America, a Maryland
corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other
forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
Company;
(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 21st day of August, 2007.


		/s/ Damon Hininger
			Signature

		Damon Hininger